Open Boat – £3,225

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Designed by Ian Oughtred and hand-built by The Wooden Boat Company, Landrake, Cornwall in 1984, this splendid open boat is in excellent condition and ready to go anywhere on its trailer. Its single standing-lug sail can be either boomed or loose footed or, if preferred, can be set up as a spritsail. She is constructed of epoxied marine ply on oak frames, with beech thwarts, a lead-weighted centre-plate of oak and pitch pine bottom boards. All spars are of varnished pitch pine, as are the two oars. She has a grapnel anchor, a boat cover, a road trailer and sundry other items.

This light and versatile boat is ideal for day-sailing and rowing (which she does remarkably well) and would be splendid for ‘Raids’ and such gatherings. She is easily trailed, launched and recovered. For two years after building, she was exhibited at various expositions as a representative example of the expertise of The Wooden Boat Company. She currently lies in rural France, 50km SSW of Limoges and is offered for cash sale at 4,000 Euros, to anyone who will collect.

She is painted green with cream interior and has two buoyancy chambers at bow and stern. The swing-up rudder has two oak tillers, a shorter one for rowing and a 6ft long one with extension for sailing. All running rigging is hemp-style synthetic.

Selling due to age of owner, who commissioned the building and has owned it from that time. Whoever buys this boat will have to collect it from France where she is currently lying, 45km SSW of Limoges.

The boat is in good structural condition and all running rigging, spars and sails are in very good state. The interior paintwork is somewhat stained but is in good protective condition. The original full boat cover shows its age but is still quite serviceable. All other equipment is good. The trailer is serviceable but there is some damage to the lifting handle. The wheel bearings need regular greasing if a long road trip is contemplated (a grease gun is included).

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